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Diagnostic ultrasound of muscle injuries: what the sports medicine clinician should know

Muscle injuries are among the most prevalent musculoskeletal conditions in athletes, contributing significantly to morbidity and time lost from competition. The use of ultrasound (US) is advantageous ...
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Why does it work? Proposed biomedical effect mechanisms of exercise-based injury prevention programmes in football (soccer) and handball: a scoping review of 104 studies

Objective To describe the proposed biomedical effect mechanisms in research on exercise-based injury prevention programmes in football (soccer) and handball. Design Scoping review of randomised ...
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Resuscitation on the field of play: a best-practice guideline from Resuscitation Council UK

Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is the leading cause of sudden death in athletes during high-level, organised sport. Patient-related and event-related factors provide an opportunity for rapid intervention ...
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May the (horizontal) force be with you: the role of ankle function and horizontal force production on hamstring injury risk and rehabilitation

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Turning our attention towards dual tasking in shoulder instability rehabilitation

Shoulder dislocations present a significant challenge to the global health system. With an unacceptable recurrence rate of 39% in the first year after first-time traumatic anterior shoulder ...
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Combined hormonal contraceptive use is not protective against musculoskeletal conditions or injuries: a systematic review with data from 5 million females

Correspondence to Dr Jackie L Whittaker, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; jackie.whittaker{at}ubc.ca Objective Assess the ...
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Gamer’s thumb: a product of the digital entertainment revolution

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590 MEP063 – The balancing act of the young adult elite endurance runner: merging lifestyle, performance and injury prevention

Background Strength and Conditioning (S&C) improves performance and load tolerance for endurance runners and may influence running-related injury (RRI) risk. Objectives (1) obtain pre-and ...
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Prevention strategies and modifiable risk factors for concussion: a systematic review and meta-analysis for the Female, woman and girl Athlete Injury pRevention (FAIR) consensus

Objective To examine prevention strategies and potential modifiable risk factors (MRFs) for sport-related concussion (SRC) and head impact/head acceleration event (HAE) outcomes in female, woman ...
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Introducing the Concussion Recognition Tool 6 (CRT6)

Correspondence to Dr Ruben J Echemendia, UOC Concussion Centre, 107 Picadilly Rd., Port Matilda, PA, USA; rechemendia{at}comcast.net The CRT6 co-authors emphasised the importance of continuing to ...
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Exercise based cardiac rehabilitation for atrial fibrillation: Cochrane systematic review, meta-analysis, meta-regression and trial sequential analysis

Objective To undertake a contemporary review of the impact of exercise based cardiac rehabilitation (ExCR) for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Data sources CENTRAL, MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, ...